OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2011. During the first quarter of 2011, Dalian Branch increased its loan extension at county level to facilitate rapid economic development. Dalian Branch aimed to quickly develop and forge its core competitiveness in counties, and secure and promote its advantageous position as a leading bank at county level, reported the press-centre of ABC.

At the first quarter, Dalian Branch's loans balance to legal entities reached RMB4,501 million, an increase of RMB752 million over the beginning of the year.

Dalian Branch made constant effort to enhance its advantageous position as a leading bank in counties through growing support to quality core corporate customers. Firstly, following the acceleration of rural and urban integration in Dalian and with a focus on infrastructure projects in rural areas, the branch strengthened its support to the Puwan New Zone and actively engaged in the zone reconstruction.

Secondly, centering on leading enterprises in industrialized agriculture, the Dalian Branch took aggressive marketing initiatives on quality enterprises engaged in industrialized agriculture and on construction projects of facility agriculture to further expand the quality legal-person customer groups. Thirdly, grasping the opportunity of speeding up differentiation among small and medium-sized enterprises at county level under the current macroeconomic background, the Dalian Branch attracted a number of customers among major local industrial clusters and auxiliary enterprises, and thus consolidated its leading role in county-level banking industry.